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Police hunt hit-and-run driver

A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after a car failed to stop following a collision.

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Secret Drinker unearths 'Kent’s best pub garden'

Let's take this outside! Our undercover reporter finds it's better out than in on his latest pub visit.

Changes to M2 closure

This weekend's M2 closure will now start a day later, but diversions will still be 69 miles long.

Free WiFi could be offered in town centres

A council in Kent is looking into offering free WiFi in town centres.

Longer opening hours for post office branch

A town centre post office is due to benefit from longer opening hours when it is taken over by a new operator.

Warning after fire spreads to sheds and fence

Fire crews were rushed to the scene of blaze in the early hours as it spread to two sheds and a fence.

Have a cherry good weekend

An annual cherry fair is back this weekend with more than 300 varieties of the fruit and a cherry pip spitting contest.

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69-mile diversion for M2 closure... but when will it shut?

Motorists are bracing themselves for the misery of more closures on the M2 - but confusion surrounds the roadworks and a planned 69-mile diversion.

UK's first mental health clinic connected by app trials in Kent

A £1 million project joining an app with a new mental health clinic - the first of its kind in the UK - is being trialled at a Kent doctors' surgery.

Roadworks cause 'unacceptable' traffic chaos

Councillors have slammed Highways England for causing 'unacceptable' traffic chaos last weekend following the closure of a section of motorway.

'Mindless vandalism' at tennis club

A tennis club found shattered glass spread across its courts after vandals smashed the floodlights.

Five car crash causes motorway delays

Traffic was stopped on the M2 coastbound carriageway after a five car pile-up

New signs to help M2 traffic chaos

Highways teams have been placing extra warning signs on the A2 following yesterday's traffic chaos on Kent's major roads.

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Report: Gills pass Addicks test

Gillingham got the better of a full strength Charlton team at Priestfield on Saturday.

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Viljoen only has eyes for T20

Kent head coach Matt Walker on the chances of Hardus Viljoen being used in county championship format this season.

Hungrier than ever

Former Gillingham defender Finn O'Mara is doing everything he can to try and get back into the full-time game.

Gills part of the merry-go-round

It’s a waiting game for the Gills as they look to strengthen their forward line.

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Bell-Drummond: Bring on T20

Denly named in England squad

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Dole queues lengthen again in Kent

Nearly 500 more people are claiming unemployment benefits across Kent, the latest figures reveal.

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Dole queues lengthen again in Kent

Benefit claims rise in county

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